Terror plot pal of London Bridge killer Usman Khan seen roaming streets after being freed early thanks to loophole

A TERROR plot pal of London Bridge killer Usman Khan is seen roaming the streets — freed from jail early thanks to a loophole.

Mohammed Shahjahan, now 34, was jailed with Khan over a planned bomb spree in 2012, targeting Boris Johnson, Big Ben and the Stock Exchange.

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But they were both automatically freed halfway through their sentences thanks to a legal loophole.

Khan, 28, went on to murder two last month before he was shot dead by cops — and days later we revealed Shahjahan was also out.

The first photo of him since his release has sparked renewed fury — and assurances that others will remain in prison.

Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “The release of dangerous terrorists after serving half their sentence must end and a majority Conservative government will ensure that these offences are punished.”

Shahjahan, from Burslem, Stoke, is living at a bail hostel in Staffordshire, near where he helped hatch the terror plot.

A source said: “Everyone thinks he should have served longer and London Bridge shows it. It’s not right a terrorist leader should be out less than seven years after being sentenced.”

Tory MP Nigel Evans added: “I look forward to early legislation which means convicted terrorists will be locked up with no early release at all.”

Nine jihadists from terror cells in Stoke, Cardiff and London were jailed in 2012 for the plot to bomb targets including the London Stock Exchange.

Woolwich crown court heard Shahjahan was called “ameer” — meaning leader — and was a key extremist recruiter.

A judge said Shahjahan, Khan and key sidekick Nazam Hussain were of “such a significant risk” the public could not be “adequately protected by their being managed on licence in the community”.

However, their initial indeterminate jail terms were overturned in 2015 by the Court of Appeal — paving the way for their freedom.

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Hussain, now 34, was also freed recently but was recalled to jail for breaching his licence 48 hours after Khan’s attack on November 29.

Khan killed two workers from a Cambridge University rehab programme.

He was restrained on London Bridge and shot dead by police.

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